Piling mechanism.



2 SHEETS-surft 1.

PA'JSENTED AUG. 2s, 1904.

S. V. HUBER.

PILING MEGHAN'ISM yAPPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1904.

No MODEL.

S. V. HUBER.v

PILING MEGHANISM. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 2, 1904.

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No MODEL. v

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Y 1 UNITED STATES Patented August 23, 1904.

rPATENT' OFFICE.

PILING MECHNISNI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 768,050, dated August 23, 1904.

Application filed January 2, 1904.

To (LZZ whom, t may concern:

` Mechanism, of which improvements the following is a specification.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements in mechanism for arranging bars or plates in piles as they come from a shearing orl other mechanism and transporting such piles to any desired point.

It is a further object of the invention to provide for thefeeding of the bars or plates through the shears or other mechanism onto a movable support and then shifting such support so as to bring the upper surface of the plate or bar'last fed to or approximately to the level of the upper edge of the lower shear-blades.

It is a further object of the invention to arrange the bars or plates upon a suitable frame or support and when a suficient number have been arranged in a pile to bring such pile into contact or engagement with positively-driven rollers whereby the pile may be shifted to any desired point'.

The invention is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specilication, Figure I is a side elevation of my improved piling and transfer mechanism. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, parts being shown in section, on an enlarged scale, of a portion ofthe piling mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of a portion of the transfer mechanism; and Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a plane indicated by the line IV IV, Fig. 3. y l

In the practice of my invention a series of positively-driven rollers l are arranged in a suitable framework located in the rear of a shear Aor other mechanism for operating on plates or bars. rIhese plates or bars as they pass through the shear move onto a suitable trough or frame 2, which is lsecured to posts or standards 3, extending up from the supporting-beams 4.- The trough consists of Serial No. 187,530; (No model.)

cross-pieces 13, secured to the upper ends of posts 3, and the side plates'or guides which are adjustablysecured to the cross-pieces,

Vforming the bottom of the trough and filling such, for example, as that shown, consisting of fluid-pressure cylinders 5, provided with rams or pistons 6, to which are ,secured the beams 4:. In order to insure an equal and simultal-neous movement of the rams or pistons, the

latter are connected by links 7 `to arms or bell-cranks 8, the opposite arms of these bellcranks being connected together by a bar 9. By this construction the trough 2 may at the beginning of a shearing operation be raised to such a height that its guide-tongue 10 will be on a level with the edge ofthelowerblade of the shear mechanism.

After a bar or plate has been. fed onto the trough by feed mechanism (indicated at fr) the latter is lowered a distance equal to the thickness of the previous plate orbarand another plate or bar fed thereonto, the rear end of the previous plate or bar serving as a guide for the second plate or bar from theshear to the trough. As soon as a suiicient number of l plates or bars have been thus arranged one upon the other a suitable movement is imparted either to the series of positively-driven rollers or to the trough Q, whereby the pile of bars Will be caused to rest upon the rollers l and be clear of the bottom of the trough. vOn the rotation of the rollers after such adjustment or shifting of the parts the pile of plates or'bar's will be shifted longitudinally by the rollers. As the-trough 2 is moved to: permit of the piling of the plates 'or--bars thereonto, it is preferred thatit should also be moved in order to bring the pile ofv plates or bars into engagement with the rollers.

This latter movement is eifected by simply lowering the the rollers,rso that when the latter is lowered the pile of plates or bars will rest upon the rollers projecting tlirougli suoli openings.

In order to prevent thin plates or bars from entering between the guides or sides of the trough and the rollers, these guides or sides are provided with inclined portions 11 and shoulders 12, which will tend to throw the advanoing end of the plate or bar away from the sides. A stop-block 14 is provided in order to determine the length of the article to be sheared. This block is provided with rollers 15, mounted upon a bar 16, and suitable means, as a screw 17, are provided for the adjustment of the stop.

I claim herein as my invention- 1. In an apparatus for piling bars, plates, &e., the combination of a pair of rolls, a reeeiving trough or frame arranged to receive articles from said rolls, means for raising and lowering the trough or frame, and means for moving the plates or bars longitudinallyT from the trough, substantially as set forth.

2. In an apparatus Vfor pilingl plates, bars,

ASao., the Combination of a pair oi rolls, a rel driven feed-rollers, and means Ator bringing the trough or iranie and the feral-rollers into sucli relation to each other that the plates or bars may be shifted longitudinally by the rollers, substantially as set forth.

3. In an apparatus for piling plates, liars,

&o., the combination oi a pair of rolls, a reoeiving trough or frame arranged to receive articles from said rolls, a series o1 positivelydriven feed-rollers, and means for moving the trough orfranie toward and from the rollers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SIGMUNI) V'. l IUBICR. Witnesses:

DARWIN S. lVoLoo'r'r, F. E. GAi'riinia. 

